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orbicularis oculi

UK/ɔːˌbɪk.jʊˈlɑː.ɹɪs ˈɒk.jʊ.lʌɪ/US/ɔɹˌbɪk.jəˌlɛɹ.ɪs ˈɑk.jəˌlaɪ/

orbicularis oculi noun: a muscle of the face that encircles the orbit and passes through the eyelids, serving to close the eye.

Noun

orbicularis oculi (plural orbiculares oculorum)

  1. A muscle of the face that encircles the orbit and passes through the eyelids, serving to close the eye.

orbicularis oculi meaning in Tamil

orbicularis oculi in Tamil

கட்குழிசுற்றி

Forms of orbicularis oculi

pluralorbiculares oculorum

Origin of orbicularis oculi

Borrowed from New Latin orbiculāris oculī, clipping of mūsculus orbiculāris oculī (“orbicular muscle of the eye”).

Questions about orbicularis oculi

What does orbicularis oculi mean?
Orbicularis oculi means a muscle of the face that encircles the orbit and passes through the eyelids, serving to close the eye.
What is orbicularis oculi in Tamil?
Orbicularis oculi in Tamil is கட்குழிசுற்றி. See Orbicularis oculi meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is orbicularis oculi?
Orbicularis oculi is a noun.
How do you pronounce orbicularis oculi?
Orbicularis oculi is pronounced /ɔːˌbɪk.jʊˈlɑː.ɹɪs ˈɒk.jʊ.lʌɪ/ (UK).
What is the plural of orbicularis oculi?
The plural of orbicularis oculi is orbiculares oculorum.

Words near orbicularis oculi in the dictionary

  1. orbiculares oculorum
  2. orbiculares orum
  3. orbicularian
  4. orbicularians
  5. orbicularis
  6. orbicularis oculi
  7. orbicularis oris
  8. orbicularity
  9. orbicularly
  10. orbiculas
  11. orbiculate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: orbicularis oculi (page history and authors); orbicularis oculi (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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